Yearbooks, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, School yearbooks

Northwestern State University was first established as the Louisiana State Normal School for the preparation of teachers in 1884. This school was located on land that was previously owned by the Bullard family during the Civil War and was later...

This historically African American university was established in 1880 in the Northern section of Baton Rouge on Scott's Bluff. The school was chartered by the Louisiana General Assembly as Southern College located in New Orleans. The college...

Redemptorist High School opened in 1947 as an extension of St. Gerard Majella school. Led by the School Sisters of Notre Dame, it obtained accreditation in December 1950 and graduated its first class of seniors in May 1951. Redemptorist became an...

Istrouma schools began in a two room house in 1917 in North Baton Rouge. As time went on, the student population grew steadily and outpaced the growth of the faculty. A number of buildings and hand-me-down materials were haphazardly obtained...

Broadmoor Junior-Senior High School was constructed and opening in 1960 in suburban South Baton Rouge. The school was responsible for the education of children and young adults (7th through 12th grades) from the Broadmoor, Forest Oaks, Harrington...

The congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Bourg, founded by Reverend Peter Medaille, SJ, in LePuy, France, sent four Sisters to Baton Rouge in 1868. They founded an orphanage and a school on what is today Seventh Street; it was later moved...

Runnels School, founded by Dr. L.K. Runnels, is one of the oldest independent, non-profit, non-sectarian, co-ed schools in Baton Rouge. The school first opened its doors to preschoolers in 1965 in a house off of Highland Road. The school expanded...

The Sabre is the yearbook of Robert E. Lee High School. This particular Sabre is from 1965. Lee High was opened in 1959 in order to reduce over-crowding at Baton Rouge High. The school is located at 1105 Lee Dr. in Baton Rouge, La. The building was...

Mrs. Heidel Brown tends the birds for 36 hours. She is pictured here basting turkeys in a barbeque pit placed on the porch at her home on Jefferson Highway. The hood over head carries the smoke out doors. Photo by M.L. Tanney. November 18,...

Post card, State Capitol, Baton Rouge and New Huey P. Long Bridge, New Orleans. Louisiana's two greatest monuments conceived and built by the late U.S. Senator Huey P. Long. The Louisiana State Capitol is the tallest building in the south. 34...